Blackwood

Description of Wood: This wood ranges from a beautiful dark purple to brown. It is a member of the Rosewood family. It is native to Africa only but a lighter species of this can be found in Australia. It is also known as Mozambique Ebony and Mpingo Wood. It is primarily used for musical instruments like the Oboe and Clarinet.

Pommele Bubinga

Description of Wood: It is a beautiful chatoyant wood that looks 3-D when polished. It is known as African Rosewood, Kevasingo, and Cssingang. The color ranges from light reddish to brown attractively veined with pink to reddish striping. It is a fine tight grained wood often used in cabinetry and furniture

Ebony

Description of Wood: Ebony is a member of the Diospyros family. As the trees become older and mature the wood becomes very black thus accounting for the name Ebony. It was first thought that this wood came from Africa and Egypt as it was referred to in the Bible. But now authorities say the biblical references were to African Blackwood. Ebony is much darker than this. Gabon Ebony is the benchmark of black wood. It has been treasured through out the ages. It is commonly used for piano keys, organ keys as well as in fine inlay work. It primarily comes from West Africa in and is known as Swamp Ebony.

Pink Ivory

Description of Wood: Pink Ivory wood, a sacred wood of Zulu Chiefs in Southern Africa, has long been treasured as a rare wood. At one time it was rarer than diamonds. It takes hundreds of years for the tree to grow big enough to get a piece big enough to turn a bowl from. It is highly prized because of its beautiful pink to reddish colors.

Praduak Tiger Grain

Description of Wood: Praduak wood is also known as Burmese Rosewood. As it grows, when curling occurs it looks like sand on the river or beach bottom with repeated ripples in the grain. The heartwood is dark brownish black with tooth pick like streaks of color through out.

Two-Tone Blackwood

Description of Wood: This wood ranges from a beautiful dark purple to brown. It is a member of the Rosewood family. It is native to Africa only but a lighter species of this can be found in Australia. It is also known as Mozambique Ebony and Mpingo Wood. It is primarily used for musical instruments like the Oboe and Clarinet.